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The Wizard, The Fairy, And The Magic Chicken, Ashley Mckenzie

Children's Book and Media Review

There was once a wizard, a fairy, and a magic chicken who could never get along. They are always competing with one another and arguing over who has the most magic. Their quarrel finally lands them in front of three monsters they cannot outrun. Faced with no other option, they decide to work together to beat the monsters. It is difficult to say whether the illustrations or the text is more entertaining in this lively tale, but the clever lesson on teamwork shines throughout.

Efficacy Of Different Vaccination Programs Of Recombinant Hvt-Ndv Vaccine Against Genotype Vii Ndv Challenge In Broiler Chickens, Nataya Charoenvisal, Bubpa Supannamoke, Rik Koopman, Jiroj Sasipreeyajan

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

This study determined the efficacy of recombinant HVT- NDV ( rHVT- NDV) vaccine simultaneously vaccinated with live vaccine at 1 day old and a booster vaccination with live vaccine at 10 days old against Asiatic, Genotype VII NDV in broiler chickens. The chickens were divided into 5 groups. The chickens in groups 1, 2 and 3 were vaccinated with rHVT- NDV vaccine and different live vaccines at 1 day old, and then finally received a booster vaccination at 10 days old. The chickens in groups 4 and 5 served as the positive and negative control groups, respectively. The chickens in …

Effect Of Morinda Citrifolia (Noni)-Enriched Diet On Hepatic Heat Shock Protein And Lipid Metabolism-Related Genes In Heat Stressed Broiler Chickens, Joshua Flees

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Heat stress (HS) has been reported to alter fat deposition in broilers, however the underlying molecular mechanisms are not well-defined; therefore, the objectives of the current study were to: (1) determine the effects of acute (2 h) and chronic (3 wk) HS on the expression of key molecular signatures involved in hepatic lipogenic and lipolytic programs; and (2) assess if diet supplementation with dried Noni medicinal plant (0.2% of the diet) modulates these effects. Broilers (n=480 males, 1 d) were randomly assigned to 12 environmental chambers, subjected to two environmental conditions (HS at 35°C vs. thermoneutral condition [TN] at 24°C) …

Light Scattering Sensor For Rapid Detection Of Bacillus Cereus In Chicken Meats, Maha Abdalhaseib

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Bacillus cereus is an opportunistic pathogen causing food poisoning, manifested by diarrhea or emetic illnesses. BARDOT (BActerial Rapid Detection using Optical scattering Technology) directly capturing phenotypic CHARacteristics of colonies following standard agar plating, providing non-destructive, high-throughput analysis and real-time detection of colonies on agar plate without any labeling reagents or probes. This study implement light scattering sensor in detection and identification of B. cereus on genus level in mixed cultures and in artificially inoculated chicken samples using PRM (phenol red mannitol) agar. Software analysis and PCR confirmation showed that BARDOT successfully detect 100% of B. cereus in mixed culture and …

Statistical Model For Studying The Effect Of Air Pollution On Productive Efficiency Of Chicken Farms, Mohamed Fouda, A Alabbasi, Eman Abo El-Fadl,, A Badr

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

This study was carried out through field survey of 209 chicken farms records of 10 broiler farms and 25 layer farms in different regions of Dakahlia province and Damietta province during the period extended from 2008-2018 . (110) cycles of broiler farms and the other 99 cycles were from layer farms. Records included broiler breeds as Ross, Cobb, Hubbard, Arbor Acres, Sasso and Shaver. Several layer breeds were used in the study as Lohman, Bovans and Fayumi. Data were collected, arranged, Summarized and then statistically analyzed using the computer program SPSS/PC+ ”Version 20”. This study was conducted to study the …

Law's Signal: A Cueing Theory Of Law In Market Transition, Robert B. Ahdieh

Robert B. Ahdieh

Securities markets are commonly assumed to spring forth at the intersection of an adequate supply of, and a healthy demand for, investment capital. In recent years, however, seemingly failed market transitions - the failure of new markets to emerge and of existing markets to evolve - have called this assumption into question. From the developed economies of Germany and Japan to the developing countries of central and eastern Europe, securities markets have exhibited some inability to take root. The failure of U.S. securities markets, and particularly the New York Stock Exchange, to make greater use of computerized trading, communications, and …

Coordination And Conflict: The Persistent Relevance Of Networks In International Financial Regulation, Robert B. Ahdieh

Robert B. Ahdieh

Over the last two decades, scholarly enthusiasm about transnational regulatory networks has seen something of a boom-and-bust cycle. Such networks – informal groupings of mid-level national officials, convened to develop nonbinding “soft law” norms of behavior in specialized fields of regulation – were identified as an important new phenomenon, were studied widely, and came to be seen as central pillars of the international legal order, especially in financial regulation. Yet today, regulatory networks go largely unmentioned in polite academic conversation: a kind of “he-who-must-not-be-named” of international law.

Among the many critiques of transnational networks that have contributed to this decline …

Characterizing Epigenetic Regulation In The Developing Chicken Retina, Bejan Abbas Rasoul

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

The retina, the sensory neuronal tissue within the eye, is composed of three layers of neuronal cells connected by two synaptic layers lining the inside of the anterior portion of the eye. Multipotent retinal precursor cells are genetically homogeneous and differentiate into mature retinal neurons due to differential gene expression. Differences in gene expression have been correlated with epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation. DNA methylation of upstream regulatory elements is associated with transcriptional silencing of gene expression. Years of research in retinal development has identified the numerous genes expressed during the main steps of retinal development, however, it is …

Immunostimulatory Effects Of Antigen-Conjugated Inp/Zns Quantum Dot Nanoparticles In An Avian Model, Christopher Lyle

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Due to their unique physicochemical and enhanced immunostimulatory properties, quantum dot (QD) nanoparticles have shown increasing promise in biomedical research applications including bioimaging, drug delivery, and as vaccine adjuvants. Toxicity, however, remains a concern for the use of QD in these applications and thus, there is an increased demand for effective in vitro and in vivo systems to measure the bioactivity of QD. In this study in vitro and in vivo chicken models were used to investigate the effects of QD on innate and adaptive immunity. Chicken macrophage cultures were treated in vitro with QD to measure macrophage activation and …

Transcriptome Analysis In Spleen Reveals Differential Regulation Of Response To Newcastle Disease Virus In Two Chicken Lines, Jibin Zhang, Michael G. Kaiser, Melissa S. Deist, Rodrigo A. Gallardo, David A. Bunn, Terra R. Kelly, Jack C.M. Dekkers, Huaijun Zhou, Susan J. Lamont

Jibin Zhang

The Developmental And Genetic Basis Of ‘Clubfoot’ In The Peroneal Muscular Atrophy Mutant Mouse, J. Martin Collinson, Nils Lindström, Carlos Neves, Karen Wallace, Caroline Meharg, Rebecca Charles, Zoe Ross, Amy Fraser, Ivan Mbogo, Kadri Oras, Masaru Nakamoto, Simon Barker, Suzanne Duce, Zosia Miedzybrodzka, Neil Vargesson

Biology Faculty Publications

Genetic factors underlying the human limb abnormality congenital talipes equinovarus (‘clubfoot’) remain incompletely understood. The spontaneous autosomal recessive mouse ‘peroneal muscular atrophy’ mutant (PMA) is a faithful morphological model of human clubfoot. In PMA mice, the dorsal (peroneal) branches of the sciatic nerves are absent. In this study, the primary developmental defect was identified as a reduced growth of sciatic nerve lateral motor column (LMC) neurons leading to failure to project to dorsal (peroneal) lower limb muscle blocks. The pma mutation was mapped and a candidate gene encoding LIM-domain kinase 1 (Limk1) identified, which is upregulated in mutant lateral LMC …

Chickens Play To The Crowd, Cinzia Chiandetti

Animal Sentience

The time was ripe for Marino’s review of chickens’ cognitive capacities. The research community, apart from expressing gratitude for Marino’s work, should now use it to increase public awareness of chickens’ abilities. People’s views on many animals are ill-informed. Scientists need to communicate and engage with the public about the relevance and societal implications of their findings.